AMD and Retinal Disease News

• AAN 2022 Gene Therapy Shows Modest Success for Genetic Blindness Gene therapy delivered by intravitreal injection can counter visual degeneration associated with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, new phase 3 trial data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2022
• Patient Blinded in One Eye From Surgery Wins $1.2 Million A New York appeals court has upheld a $1.2 million verdict against an eye surgeon after his patient went blind after cataract removal and lens replacement surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, March 29, 2022
• Low Risk of Heart Attack After Eye Procedures, Study Finds Ophthalmologists do not need to routinely delay ophthalmologic procedures in their patients whose blood pressure is not well-controlled, according to study of Scandinavian patient registry data.
  Medscape Medical News, March 22, 2022
• Harvard Eye Researchers Have Eight Papers Retracted The studies appeared in three journals, although one, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS), is pulling six studies.
  Retraction Watch, March 21, 2022
• Vision Rehab Helps People With Low Vision Navigate the World When Alabama-based cardiologist Joseph Fontenot, MD, was 50 years old, he noticed that the picture on the screen at the movie theater didn't seem crisp.
  WebMD Health News, March 04, 2022
• Implant Could Restore Central Vision in Macular Degeneration A subretinal implant partially restored central vision in some patients with atrophic macular degeneration.
  Medscape Medical News, February 11, 2022
• Alert FDA Approves Faricimab for nAMD and Diabetic Macular Edema The FDA has approved faricimab, a drug with the potential to reduce the number of injections needed to treat diabetic macular edema and neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
  FDA Approvals, January 28, 2022
• Retinal Age Gap Predicts Mortality Risk in Older Adults The gap between the biological age of the retina and the chronological age of a patient helps predict mortality risk with good accuracy in seemingly healthy older adults.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2022
• Two Patients With Macular Degeneration Get Artificial Retinas Two patients in Lyon have been among the first people to receive an artificial retina implant as part of a multicenter clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of the PRIMA implant system.
  Medscape Medical News, January 21, 2022
• AI System Improves Early Gastric Cancer Detection An artificial intelligence system was effective for real-time monitoring of endoscopic "blind spots" and improved detection of early gastric cancer during esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2021
• Cataract Surgery Seen Protective Against Dementia A new study found that patients who underwent cataract surgery appeared to gain significant protection against dementia over time.
  Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2021
• Retinopathy Risk in Kids Higher in Type 2 Than Type 1 Diabetes Children diagnosed with type 2 diabetes appear significantly more likely to develop retinopathy and other ocular complications than children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• Predictors of Macular Degeneration Include Alcohol, Smoking Smoking or consuming alcohol was causally linked with an increased risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration, while smoking cessation decreased the risk of developing advanced AMD.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2021
• Cystitis Drug Again Tied to Increased Risk of Maculopathy A new study adds to growing evidence that use of pentosan polysulfate sodium is associated with an increased risk of certain retinal disorders, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, November 26, 2021
• Racial Disparities in Kids' Vaccinations Are Hard to Track Health systems have released little data on the racial breakdown of youth vaccinations, and community leaders fear that Black and Latino kids are falling behind.
  Associated Press, November 15, 2021
• AAO 2021 Bevacizumab-vikg Wet AMD Trial Raises Eyebrows An 'apples-to-oranges' comparison of bevacizumab-vikg to ranibizumab is troubling some experts who would like to see the drug approved.
  Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2021
• AAO 2021 Gene Therapy Promising in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy This is 'big news in gene therapy' according to one observer and could restore vision to patients who are legally blind.
  Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2021
• First Implant Approved for Wet Macular Degeneration For the first time, an implant for age-related macular degeneration won approval from the FDA.
  Medscape Medical News, October 26, 2021
• EASD 2021 Cardiorenal Outcomes Differ Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes While type 2 diabetes is associated with a greater risk for cardiovascular events than type 1 diabetes, the latter is more associated with chronic kidney complications, according to a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, October 26, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves Drugs for Wet AMD, Macular Edema Due to Uveitis Wet AMD gets Susvimo, an intravitreal ranibizumab injection, and macular edema gets Xipere, a triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension.
  FDA Approvals, October 25, 2021